It was ‘Lakers in 5,’ however not the best way L.A. followers anticipated. The Minnesota Timberwolves knocked out LeBron James and the Lakers in a convincing 103-96 win in Recreation 5 behind a profession evening for Rudy Gobert, who completed with 27 factors and 24 rebounds.
The Lakers fell brief once more within the fourth quarter, scoring solely 16 factors as Minnesota didn’t even want a peak efficiency from Anthony Edwards, who scored simply 15 factors on 5-19 taking pictures from the sector.
Try the fast reactions:
Timberwolves historical past:
With Anthony Edwards: 14 playoff wins in 5 seasons
With out Anthony Edwards: 18 playoff wins in 31 seasons
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) April 26, 2025
Anthony Edwards = king slayer
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) Could 1, 2025
Congratulations to my good pal Minnesota Timberwolves proprietor Alex Rodriguez, famous person Anthony Edwards and your complete Minnesota Timberwolves staff for beating my Lakers and advancing to the following spherical. The rationale the Lakers misplaced was as a result of they performed terrible on protection, they…
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) Could 1, 2025
Lakers in franchise historical past had NEVER misplaced within the first spherical when a 3 seed or increased.
Till at present.
LeBron breaking extra data 🤣😂
— Jacob (@Jacobtheclipper) Could 1, 2025
The reward for getting the three seed was attending to face Anthony Edwards.
The reward for getting the 7 seed was attending to face Jalen Inexperienced.
Steph’s luck is simply rivaled by Tom Brady.
— Barry (@BarryOnHere) April 30, 2025
